remember george w. bush? >> yeah. >> in 2005, the first issue he picked, social security privatization. >> yeah. >> he didn't really campaign on it in 2004. and it was defeated almost immediately in 2005 and his second term went down hill after that. so picking your agenda carefully is the key for a second term and a risk for obama to pick something as controversial as this. >> guns? i mean, that's a risky, risky move. >> i think there are two things behind it. one, i think the president genuinely had a conversion on the issue after newtown. he's talked about it. and two, the public, if you just -- not to be crude about it, but if you look at the polling, it does seem we are at an inflexion point on this issue where democrats who have been scared of the issue for years aren't so much anymore. >> what about the news that house republicans plan to vote next week on a three-month extension to the debt limit? what's the political strategy behind that? >> it's pretty big news. this is what obama asked them to do.